From the monthly archives:

August 2008

How To Make Cloth Diapers

August 30, 2008

Tweet Pin itWhen there’s a hole, tear, missing button, or item that needs hemming I’m on it. The simple sewing tasks don’t intimidate me however, making a cloth diaper seems out of my league. Of course that was before I discovered the dozens of websites explaining in great detail how to sew anything from an [...]

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Politics Shmolitics! A Debate Worth Watching

August 27, 2008

Tweet Pin itI don’t know about you but this time every election year I have had it with platforms, debates, conventions and commercials. And it will only get worse. Alas! There is one debate worth watching. A Diaper Change directed a cute diaper debate video filled with information we truly care about. Sit back and [...]

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How to Give Your Cloth Diapers Some Bling

August 22, 2008

Tweet Pin itThere’s no denying the immediate love a mama feels when she opens a brand new bamboo velour diaper. So squishy. So yummy. So perfect. But, after a while a stash of vanilla can lose it’s charm. Thankfully, there are some amazingly creative and talented WAHMs working hard to spice up wool, diapers, and [...]

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Rotavirus and Cloth Diapers: What To Do

August 20, 2008

Tweet Pin itI’ll be the first to shrug off a stomach bug or fever but when it comes to diarrhea I’m hittin’ the high road…well atleast I’m wishing I could. Not only do you just ache for your poor child and the misery they’re in but secretly you’re wishing you didn’t have to deal with [...]

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How To Start Cloth Diapering on a Budget

August 15, 2008

Tweet Pin itMany families choose to cloth diaper for financial reasons. Budgets can be so tight that startup costs are often overwhelming. However, there are ways to begin cloth diapering today on less than $125. The least expensive route are prefolds and covers. My favorite prefolds have been the very first ones I purchased in [...]

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Does Your Target Carry BumGenius One Size 3.0?

August 12, 2008

Tweet Pin itIf there was one cloth diaper loved by more parents it has to bumGenius diapers. Everywhere I go it seems bumGenius has made its presence known. Jenn, the creator of bumGenius, has done a phenomenal job of marketing her product to the public. Besides bricks and mortar cloth diaper stores, bumGenius can be [...]

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Do Your Pocket Cloth Diapers Have the Stinkies?

August 8, 2008

Tweet Pin itIt is amazing how fast pocket cloth diapers can start stinking. I used fitteds for months and never had this problem. Coincidentally, when I began cloth diapering my then 15 month old son in 2005, the pocket diapers were the only diapers that reeked of ammonia. Back then I just figured that’s what [...]

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Blueberry Minky Diapers: The Perfect Fit

August 5, 2008

Tweet Pin itI recently switched my entire stash from fitteds to pockets. After a few trades I ended up finding some great pocket diapers that I had never tried before. One of them is the Blueberry Side Snap Minky pocket diaper. When I was using fitteds it seemed that most had a longer rise. Although [...]

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Traveling With Cloth Diapers

August 2, 2008

Tweet Pin itI’m currently at my in-laws house in a tiny Texas town. As I was packing this morning I didn’t blink an eye at whether or not we’d be traveling with cloth. I packed my storage bin with all our cloth diapers and the container of cloth wipes and loaded up the van. My [...]

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